Brazil names new armed forces commanders amid political tensions
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Changes come after President Jair Bolsonaro, under pressure over COVID crisis, ordered a sweeping cabinet reshuffle.
Brazil has named new commanders of its armed forces, a day after President Jair Bolsonaro’s government said it would replace the heads of the army, navy and air force in a shake-up that raised concerns about the far-right leader meddling with the military. In a news conference on Wednesday, Defence Minister Walter Brago Netto announced that Paulo Sergio Nogueira de Oliveira would take over the army, Almir Garnier the navy and Carlos Almeida Baptista Junior the air force. It was Braga Netto’s first news conference since he was appointed to the post on Monday in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle.
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